Baker&#39;s peel



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BAKEHS PEEL Filed July 14. 1924 INVENTOR LEON cHLnsE/E.

j? ATroRNEY Patented Ot. 20, 1925.

.y g :UNITI-:n STAT-'ES LEN "SQHLAG-ER, OF "YORK, rN. Y'.

`BAKERS IPEEL.

Application mea. .my .14, `1924.. serial .-N'o. 725369.

.To all whom #may concern,"y

-Beit known ithat vLEON SCHLAGER, citizen -of-the -United States,residing at New York city, in the county of Bronx and State .of .NewYork, has yinvented certain new and ruseful Improvements in BakersPeels, of 'whichthe following is a specification.

rllhis `invention relates to improvements in bakerspeelsl An object -ofthe invention fis the provision ofan implement of-the characterdescribed constructedprincipallyof metal and which is ldesigned to slidein and out of the oven easily and without objectionable noise. Anotherobject of `the invention is the provision of an implement of thecharacter described which is Vconstructed of few, simjple and durableparts,'which is Vrelatively inexpensive to ymanufacture `and which liseflicient and practical to a high degree.

@ther objects of the invention will in part Vbe obvious and in parthereinafter pointed tout.

The invention accordingly consists -in the lfeatures of construction,combinations of-ele- 4ments and arrangement of-parts vwhich will -beexemplified -in fthe Vconstruction rhereinafter -described and of whichythe scope of :application `will be Aindicated in the following claims.

In the aaccompanying drawing, in which is -shown one of the variouspossible illustrative :embodiments-of this invention,

vFig. I1 -isra bottom plan `view ofa bakers vpeel-embodying thisinvention;

Fig. 2 i-s -a :side elevational view vof vthe fpeel shown in iFig. 1;

-Figi'3fis a fragmentary top Lplan Kview of the handlesocketportionofthe peel; and

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view takenon `.line 4-4of Fig. 1. Y.

Referring in detail to the drawing, ythe `peel .is -seen to .consist-of,a blade .-11 fmade preferably of light sheet metal such as aluminum',having'a "blade body 12 and a `.outoffthe oven. ofthe fibresheet-becomes very-smooth and portion of handle 14 inserted yin.thesocket 13 Yto Vrigidly secure'vthe handle 14` against laccidentalremoval.

The upper surface of the blade ,body 12 isprovided -with spaced parallellongitudinal .grooves 1-7 preferably formed by tamp-` ng so as to -formcorresponding corrugations 18 on the underside. These latter stiifen theblade and at the same ytime the raised corrugations 18 form runnerswherejon the #peel-may easily slide Lin and out of the .oven A sheet 19`of fibre or like material-corresponding substantially in thickness tothe height 'of the corrugations .18

and abutting the ends thereof, is mounted on the section 12a of bladebody 12 Ito form a smooth facing therefor, and is preferably secured ,tothe blade by rivets 2O which hold the vmember 15 to said section 12n asshown in Figs. 2and 4.

The Asocket 13 is preferably formed `to `permit the `contraction of ythewalls v15c of #holder portions 15b when bolts lo `are tightened -to.take up any looseness of fit-of the handle 17 in the socket 413due'todrying out -of"the 1former:or .for kany other cause.

For this ypurpose section 12 of blade' body 12 and Y,sheet 19 have alongitudinal slotted openingva-t 19a and 12b intofwhichfaraisedVvportion 14ab on handle 1'4 is Vfitted as shown in -Figs..v2:and 4.

lt'is apparent from .the above description and drawing that 'theIpeelvprovi'des foreasy and .convenient .manipulationthereof in-` andSincethe exposed surface .tough in Ause,it serves -as an efficient anti-Yfriction imeans .forA sliding thereon which is Ipractically noiseless.yAlso the ramp por- ;tions 15a-of member 15 -Lwhch has a relativelyylong slope Atowardthe yfront vend of the blade acts to smoothly retardthe bake -onf'loading thereof -thus ``preventing a tend- .encyto4,accidentally tip ,off .the Ablade and -vobviously Yaids inunloadi'ngthe'bake from the rear end thereof.

It should be noted that the blade 11 may be made of cast metal but ispreferably constructed of rolled sheet members stamped into shape whichare stronger and more durable than relatively thin castings, especiallywhen formed from aluminum or the like metals.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved and which is well adaptedto meet theconditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention andas various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, itis to be under stood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted is-illustrative and'not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent :'d

l'. A bakers peel Acomprising a blade and i a handle therefor, thebottom vside of the blade being provided with sliding surfacesformedpartly on metallic and partly on non-metallic blade portions. y Y

2; In a bakers peel, a blade having a me- 'tallicbody portion and anon-metallic sheet secured on the bottom side thereof, the bottomside ofsaid portion and sheet providing sliding surfaces for freely sliding thepeel in and out of the'oven without objectionable noise.

v3. In a bakers peel, a blade comprising a body portion, .a holdermember mounted on an upper extended section thereof, and members formingtherewith a socket adapted to secure'ther-ein a handle, and anonmetallic ksheet fastened on the bottom side of said section.

t. In a bakers peel, a blade comprising a body portion, a holder membermounted on an upper extended section fastened to an extended uppersection of said body portion, said member having a forwardly slopingramp to facilitate the loading and unloading of the bake from the Vrearend of the blade, and having a rear holder portion forming with saidVsection a socket adapted to secure therein a handle.

5. A bakers peel comprising a blade having a body portion, a memberfastened to an extended section thereof and .forming therewith a socket,a handle for the peel fitted in said socket, saidr section of the bodyportion being slotted to permit the clamping means to contract themembers to eliminate looseness of fit between the socket and the handle.

' 6. A bakers peel comprising a blade having a metallic body portion anda non-metallic sheet secured to the bottom side of 7 A bakers-peelcomprising abladehavi ing a metallic body portion, longitudinal runnersformed on the bottom'side thereof, and a non-metallic sheet secured toan extended section of the body portion adjacent said runners, saidsheet and runners pro-VA viding sliding surfacesA for freely Y slidingthe peel in and out of the oven without objectionable noises, a memberfastened to the upper side of the extended section,-saidv l memberhaving a forwardly sloping ramp i to facilitate the loading andunloading of the bake from the rear end of the blade and having a rearholder portion forming with said section a socket and a handle for themsocket.

8. A bakers peel comprising a blade having a metallic body portion,longitudinal runners formed o n the bottom side thereof, and anon-metallic sheet secured to yan exsaid runners, said sheet andrunners' providing shdmgsurfaces for freely sliding A the peelin and outof the oven without objectionable noises, a member fastened to themember having a forwardly sloping ramp to facilitate the loading andunloading of Vthe bake from the rear end of the blade and tended sectionofthe body portion adjacent`F upper side of the extended section, said*Csheet being `slotted to permit the clamping means to contract the socketto eliminate looseness of lit between the latter and the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEON sentadas.

